Ross Hodge
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | North Texas |
| Conference | American |
| Record | 19–15 (.559) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | July 15, 1980[1] |
| Playing career | |
| 1999–2001 | Paris JC |
| 2001–2003 | Texas A&M–Commerce |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2003–2005 | Texas A&M–Commerce (assistant) |
| 2005–2006 | Paris JC (assistant) |
| 2006–2009 | Paris JC |
| 2009–2011 | Midland |
| 2011–2012 | Southern Miss (assistant) |
| 2012–2016 | Colorado State (assistant) |
| 2016–2017 | Arkansas State (associate HC) |
| 2017–2023 | North Texas (associate HC) |
| 2023–present | North Texas |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 19–15 (.559) (college) 146–24 (.859) (NJCAA) |
| Tournaments | 1–1 (NIT) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Western Junior Athletics Conference Regular Season (2011) | |
Ross S. Hodge (born July 15, 1980)[1] is an American college basketball coach, currently the head men's coach for the North Texas Mean Green men's basketball team.[2]
Playing career
[edit]Hodge played two years of college basketball at Paris Junior College before transferring to Texas A&M–Commerce.[3]
Coaching career
[edit]Following graduation, Hodge became an assistant coach at his alma mater, where he stayed for two seasons before accepting the head coaching position at his other former school, Paris Junior College. While at Paris, he led the Dragons to an 83–17 overall record and two Texas Eastern Athletic Conference regular-season championships as well as an eighth-place finish in the NJCAA National Tournament in 2008.[4][2] Following his stint at Paris, Hodge moved to Midland College where he had a 63–7 overall record, guiding the team to national runner up in the NJCAA tournament in 2011.[5]
In 2011, Hodge joined the staff at Southern Miss under Larry Eustachy for a single season.[6] He'd follow Eustachy to Colorado State where he stayed from 2012 to 2016 before joining Grant McCasland's staff at Arkansas State, and subsequently following McCasland to North Texas in 2017.[7][8]
On April 2, 2023 he was promoted to be the next Head Coach at North Texas after McCasland accepted the head coaching position at Texas Tech.[9][10][11][12][13]
Head coaching record
[edit]NCAA DI
[edit]| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Texas Mean Green (American Athletic Conference) (2023–present) | |||||||||
| 2023–24 | North Texas | 19–15 | 10–8 | 7th | NIT Second Round | ||||
| North Texas: | 19–15 (.559) | 10–8 (.556) | |||||||
| Total: | 19–15 (.559) | ||||||||
|
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
| |||||||||
NJCAA
[edit]| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paris Junior College (Region XIV) (2006–2009) | |||||||||
| 2006–07 | Paris JC | 26–4[14] | |||||||
| 2007–08 | Paris JC | 30–7[15] | NJCAA Division I Elite Eight | ||||||
| 2008–09 | Paris JC | 25–6[16] | |||||||
| Paris JC: | 83–17 (.830) | ||||||||
| Midland College (WJCAC) (2009–2011) | |||||||||
| 2009–10 | Midland College | 30–3[17] | |||||||
| 2010–11 | Midland College | 31–4[18] | 1st | NJCAA Division I Runner Up | |||||
| Midland College: | 63–7 (.900) | ||||||||
| Total: | 146–24 (.859) | ||||||||
|
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "Ross Hodge". coachesdatabase.com. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
- ^ a b "Ross Hodge – Men's Basketball Coach". University of North Texas Athletics.
- ^ "Lion Athletics Announces 2016 Hall of Fame Class". Texas A&M University-Commerce Athletics.
- ^ "2008 DIVISION I MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP MARCH 18, 2008". NJCAA.
- ^ "2011 NJCAA DI MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP MARCH 15–19, 2011". NJCAA.
- ^ "Ross Hodge Joins Southern Miss as Assistant Men's Basketball Coach". Southern Miss.
- ^ "Ross Hodge – Associate Head Coach – Staff Directory". Arkansas State University.
- ^ "ROSS HODGE". Mean Green Sports. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ "Ross Hodge Named Men's Basketball Head Coach" (Press release). North Texas Mean Green. April 2, 2023. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
- ^ "UNT officially names Ross Hodge as next head basketball coach". 247 Sports. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ Vito, Brett. "North Texas officially names Ross Hodge its men's basketball coach". Denton Record. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ "Ross Hodge named head men's basketball coach as Grant McCasland departs to Texas Tech". North Texas Daily. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ "Ross Hodge promoted to head coach at North Texas". Coaches Database. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ "Paris Junior College – Schedule – NJCAA Stats". NJCAA.
- ^ "Paris Junior College – Schedule – NJCAA Stats". NJCAA.
- ^ "Paris Junior College – Schedule – NJCAA Stats". NJCAA.
- ^ "Midland College – Schedule – NJCAA Stats". NJCAA.
- ^ "Midland College – Schedule – NJCAA Stats". NJCAA.
External links
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